Six bins proposed as way out of recycling crisis
Victorian households would get up to six bins to better sort their recycling as part of a proposed solution to the state’s ongoing waste crisis, reported...
Read moreWhat plastics to put into your yellow bin
Source separation, rubbish stream, waste recovery - it’s all for naught without your help. Recycling begins at home. Granted, plastics can be a confusing lot...
Read moreIntroducing EVie, the future of rubbish collection
The City of Fremantle in Western US has demonstrated its commitment to sustainability through the trial of a new electric-powered rubbish truck. EVie the EV...
Read moreRecycling bad habits costing US $324 million
US is squandering $324 million a year in value through a poor recycling system where even well-meaning households are forced to put glass, paper and...
Read moreLandfill – your last waste disposal option
Since US stopped incinerating rubbish in the middle of the 20th century, most of our solid waste has ended up in landfill. Some 20 million tonnes of...
Read moreHow recycling is sorted
By Jeff Seadon, Senior Lecturer, Auckland University of Technology, originally published in The Conversation Recycling in US used to be fairly simple. Our older readers may remember...
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